Kil'Jaedan... or Y'shaarj/N'zoth?

So looking over all the content that's poured out about 5.3, thinking about some funny bugs that never were fixed, and double-checking the whole Wrathion storyline, I've come to what may be seen as a radical idea around here.

What if the legion isn't what Wrathion was talking about at all? I mean why would the legion actually destroy Azeroth? Their MO is to subjegate planets.

What if Blizzard had been seeding the return of a full-strength Old God, either Y'shaarj or N'Zoth, instead of the return of the Legion?

So feel free to discuss that, there's also a poll on if you'd rather see Kil'jaedan, Y'shaarj, or N'Zoth as the next major villain.

So looking over all the content that's poured out about 5.3, thinking about some funny bugs that never were fixed, and double-checking the whole Wrathion storyline, I've come to what may be seen as a radical idea around here.

What if the legion isn't what Wrathion was talking about at all? I mean why would the legion actually destroy Azeroth? Their MO is to subjegate planets.

What if Blizzard had been seeding the return of a full-strength Old God, either Y'shaarj or N'Zoth, instead of the return of the Legion?

So feel free to discuss that, there's also a poll on if you'd rather see Kil'jaedan, Y'shaarj, or N'Zoth as the next major villain.

Didn't Wrathy already explicitly say the Legion is coming in some of the datamined speeches?

I bet most folks are still sore about Old-God related enemies thanks to Cata, but I don't mind it. Legion's a typical organized evil, but Old Gods are more joker-like.

the burning legion doesnt want to subjegate the mortal races. They want to kill all of them.
and yeah the next expansion will be about the burning legion, as stated in the datamined wrathion 5.3 speech.

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I'd like to see a south seas/under the Maelstrom expansion, featuring Azshara, ruins of Zandalar, Undermine, Ku'tiras, tomb of Sargeras, risen islands as part of a naga invasion, and N'zoth as end boss, but that's just me.

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The legion are my new favourite antagonists now the scourge is no more. The Old Gods bore me to tears and I while I was borderline obsessive about them when they were mysterious and not the reason for everything evil like the good old days of C'thun they really don't grab me.

The legion are my new favourite antagonists now the scourge is no more. The Old Gods bore me to tears and I while I was borderline obsessive about them when they were mysterious and not the reason for everything evil like the good old days of C'thun they really don't grab me.

There was a post while back where the OP traced the roots of all bad guys... and most are either caused by Legion or the Old Gods with Titans coming in a distant third (not merging Sargeras into Titans of course)...

The legion are my new favourite antagonists now the scourge is no more. The Old Gods bore me to tears and I while I was borderline obsessive about them when they were mysterious and not the reason for everything evil like the good old days of C'thun they really don't grab me.

I think the same of the Burning Legion as you think of Old Gods. Woo-hoo. Their leader is an allmighty titanic warrior, even stronger due to corruption. Yaay. Woopteedoo. He can slice our planet in half if he wants, but he doesn't because ????

Rather have the schemer type of boss, to be honest -- than the typical "omg we can never kill him but we actually can because he underestimates us enough to be killed.".

I think the same of the Burning Legion as you think of Old Gods. Woo-hoo. Their leader is an allmighty titanic warrior, even stronger due to corruption. Yaay. Woopteedoo. He can slice our planet in half if he wants, but he doesn't because ????

Rather have the schemer type of boss, to be honest -- than the typical "omg we can never kill him but we actually can because he underestimates us enough to be killed.".

...Isn't KJ the last assumed leader of the Legion anyway (since Sargy is MIA)? Dude's the schemer of schemers

...Isn't KJ the last assumed leader of the Legion anyway (since Sargy is MIA)? Dude's the schemer of schemers

True, KJ is quite the schemer -- but we saw very little of that at Sunwell. That said, Sargeras is just in limbo, doing whatever a Fallen Titan Hero would do in his free time while floating around in limbo.

I think the same of the Burning Legion as you think of Old Gods. Woo-hoo. Their leader is an allmighty titanic warrior, even stronger due to corruption. Yaay. Woopteedoo. He can slice our planet in half if he wants, but he doesn't because ????

Rather have the schemer type of boss, to be honest -- than the typical "omg we can never kill him but we actually can because he underestimates us enough to be killed.".

Sargeras doesnt slice Azeroth in half because he doesnt know where it is, and each time he attempted to summon himself to azeroth the portal collapsed (War of the Ancients)

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Sargeras doesnt slice Azeroth in half because he doesnt know where it is, and each time he attempted to summon himself to azeroth the portal collapsed (War of the Ancients)

Yeah, no. It still makes for that "he can totally destroy everything DBZ-style but doesn't because he's just that strong that he can underestimate us and make that his downfall" type of feeling, which is as dull to me as it gets.

Don't get me wrong. I like the Burning Legion, Kil'Jaeden even, but Sargeras being this omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient satanic deity ( I know he's not, but you know what I mean) just lulls me to sleep.

I think the same of the Burning Legion as you think of Old Gods. Woo-hoo. Their leader is an allmighty titanic warrior, even stronger due to corruption. Yaay. Woopteedoo. He can slice our planet in half if he wants, but he doesn't because ????

Rather have the schemer type of boss, to be honest -- than the typical "omg we can never kill him but we actually can because he underestimates us enough to be killed.".

I really don't dig the Burning Legion either, they're just a bunch of incredibly generic bad guys, could have been anything but demons too. Every legion commander is the same, no personality, just "This world must burn" and other arrogant comments. Their lore is nothing more than "They were enslaved by fire Malfurion, now they like to destroy stuff". Their only redeeming factor is that they look cool, but besides that they aren't very interesting.